The Beast's Training Journal!

[WalkingBeast]

RESTLESS !! Took this week off so far, to let left shoulder heal. It feels decent but with some pain left over. I will likely try some dumbbell presses on the incline. By try I mean 100x50 and maybe 125sx25-30 for a PR. Though I may not push it to the 125s if the strain is bad afterwards. Just get some blood in the chest. Will post some vids if I have some decent sets.

KILL THAT SHIT !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

RESTLESS !! Took this week off so far, to let left shoulder heal. It feels decent but with some pain left over. I will likely try some dumbbell presses on the incline. By try I mean 100x50 and maybe 125sx25-30 for a PR. Though I may not push it to the 125s if the strain is bad afterwards. Just get some blood in the chest. Will post some vids if I have some decent sets.

KILL THAT SHIT !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Attempted Chest session




Left shoulder is still strained but most of the pain was gone without training. Took a few extra days off and decided to attempt chest today. Wrists were real unstable today so my structure and performance was compromised today. Tends to happen when shit is beat up, even when ignored. Took 100 mg tramadol pre training to try and dull the pain somewhat. If it works its very minimal. Though after the dumbbell work the left shoulder was flaring up bad.


Main goal today was to try and hit 50 reps with the 100s just for a rep PR. As part of a light session. This doesnt qualify as a training session for me, and may set recovery back another week or so. Can never really tell. In worst case maybe a 3 week break. Healing can be unpredictable. Sometimes its quicker.


At this stage its better to take a few weeks off then push through. It leads to inevitable breaks anyway. I have been growing during this maintenance phase. So its still better than expected since eating his not heavy like usual. My diet right now is mostly milk. Only a few meals and some inbetween feedings daily. Hitting around 200 protein pretty consistantly and several thousand calories, but no real force feeding right now. More like a break




(236 lbs after milk)




Flat Barbell Bench Press


Bar x 200 plus (and stretching each side with barbell. I do this just to warm up, not to failure)




Incline Dumbbell Press (attempted)


60x50 (warm up, not to failure)
100x44 (See video. One rep off from best, but structure was compromised today)
125 (Fail. Wrists collapsed. This is normally not an issue but wrists were unstable today)
90x46 (Just a light burn out. Even getting these up my wrists were initially unstable. Some days are just off. Need to heal up shoulder some more)


Nautilus Horizontal Chest Press (shoulder inflammation getting bad on left side by this point)


Reps are mostly full here (just short of a complete elbow lock, focused on contraction)


90x40 (warm)
180x40
270x11 (shoulder getting bad here. Done for today)


Shoulder Rotations With Cable machine


40x30 For 6 sets on each side without rest




May hold off on training this week. Will see about next week. Just going by feel


KILL THAT SHIT




Video below

 

[WalkingBeast]

 

[WalkingBeast]

Expected my left shoulder to be worse after those few sets yesterday. Even though I did it anyway. Though today it does not feel any worse. So I will train some shit. I dont have a clear plan but I may try to hit back,delts (mostly trap) and arms. Undecided. Was planning to take the week off, but I feel shit out in the moment.

KILL THAT SHIT !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Attempted Back and Arms


Super light. Left shoulder wasnt too bad today. Not much pain with the light shit. Felt it more when I moved over to biceps. Inner elbows are torn up as fuck though, and only felt burning tendon pain through the whole tricep portion (inner elbows). So I kept it low volume and super light. 160 lbs is the max weight at this gym anyway, but I didnt push shit hard.

Biceps, I did 2 sets but the inner elbow strain was enough to where it felt like a waste to continue. This is a maintenance phase for me really.

Im still growing though during this maintenance phase, so Ill try to keep that shit rolling. It seems I dont need as much protein and calories as I once did with this slow metabolism. I can grow gradually and slow for now.

I measured my shoulder circumference at between 59 1/2 and 60 inches cold flexed. Hard to self measure though so it may be a little bigger. Cant really hold tape and flare out fully with that measurement. Last I measured was at 58 1/2 so its progress. Chest is also at 56 now.

This is the heaviest Ive been on a maintenance phase (and largest muscle wise). I hit 19 chin ups today with some inner elbow pain at 240 lbs. Ive hit around 40 in the low 200s years ago. I use an inside grip now though. Wide overhand fucks with me.

Creatine hcl use has basically been non existant on non training days. Havent kept up with it.

(240 lbs after meal and some milk)


Chin Ups (narrow palms facing grip)

140 lbs of assistance x15 (warm)
100 lbs of assistance x15 (same)
Bodyweight for 19 (PR at this bodyweight. See video)
Bodyweight for 9

Iso Low Row Hammer Strength (Avoided any weight that would fuck with shoulder on everything today. Seems mostly healed)

90x50 (warm)
180x100 (brief rest pauses only)
270x50 (same. Didnt push reps too high)


Iso High Row Hammerstrength

180x25
270x15
270x15

Joints in shoulders burned and fatigued today, before the muscle did.

Free Motion Cable Row

No rest til line

120x20
160x10
200x5
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Close grip Lat pulldowns (palms facing grip, wider narrow handle)

165x15 (long holds)
165x15 (long holds)



Attempted tricep work. Inner elbows burned like hell from the beginning of these. Felt no tricep contraction just joint pain. Didnt push shit hard


Curved Bar Pressdowns

No rest til line

60x100
120x20
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no rest til line


160x15
130x15
100x20
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Tried switching to V bar grip to alleviate inner elbow strain, but ineffective

V bar pressdowns

No rest til line

80x40
130x10
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No rest til line

130x15
160x10
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No rest til line

160x20
130x10
100x20
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Attempted biceps

After 2 sets my inner elbows were burning like hell, and left shoulder started to act up (All areas Im trying to work around and heal , to keep shit rollin)

Alternating Dumbbell Curls

35x10 (attempted warm up, not to failure)

Alternating Dumbbell Curl with reverse curl negative

50x10 (Another attempted warm up)

Done for today

KILL THAT SHIT

Video below

 

[WalkingBeast]

 

[WalkingBeast]

Chest


Only got 5 days of recovery since my last chest session, even though it was very minimal (fucked up shoulder). Hit some records today with the constant tension style. Havent done constant tension in several years with the incline hammers but Ive gotten alot larger and stronger in the back/chest area. A few months ago I hit 540x20 on the incline hammers with 3/4 reps, but constant tension is much harder for me. No inertia. Its more like Im trying to feel out if something is going to disconnect in my chest during the sets. So Im not putting full power into the shit yet. Im not sure when I will be ready to hit 3/4 reps again. Those are tougher on the insertion of the chest (starting at bottom).

Right now my strength seems to be at peak, as I am hitting records weekly. Im a little lighter then my heaviest (243 lbs), but my chest got larger (56 inches). Just am not overeating yet. Will do it when I feel like it again.

I took 440 mg naproxen for the inflammation and an extra tramadol with my pre workout stims. No bad acid as of yet. Usually naproxen gives bad acid. I will try running it at 880 or so for some days and see if the inflammation goes down.

I had some paranoia after exceeding 450 on the incline hammers. I felt chest and shoulder crackin during the 25 reps. I go to the gym to fuck shit up though. There is always an anxiety at this stage, knowing that one snap will fuck me up for a long time, and take me out for a while. Especially since I popped my right pec with 560 a few months ago. So I didnt contract my chest as hard as possible with 500 and up. Was trying to feel if something was gonna rip. Despite a bad feeling, once Im locked in that mindset its done. Thats the price of pushing limits.

My left shoulder is still strained. I did not feel much pain today during the pressing. My elbows are real tore up but dont effect my pressing work. Only triceps and bicep, rowing. If my shoulder doesnt get too fucked then I can work around that shit. Pullovers for back if need be, skip arms for some weeks, etc. If the shoulder gets too fucked up I will likely back off though. Ive trained one side of my body before and it wouldnt benefit me now. With the rate my strength has been increasing Id just get stronger on one side, and probably misjudge my strength later with both sides, tear some shit.

I have to switch off that part of my mind that just wants to fucking destroy the weights. Thats been part of adapting. Taking several weeks and even months off at times. I tried to back off, but my mind is still focused on killing that shit. I usually have to wait until I fuck something up. The nature of the beast. Ill feels shit out though. If my training becomes too light I will take some time to regenerate shit.


(239 lbs after some light food and milk)


Flat Bench Press

Bar x (maybe several hundred reps with stretches on each side)

Just to warm up shoulders and chest


Incline Hammer Strength Press (constant tension style)

90x50 warm
180x40 warm
270x20 warm (cut reps down on the warm ups with 270 and up)
360x10 (warm)
410x25 (warm up. Chest felt somewhat tender. After this set I thought I might be weak with the 450)
450x25 (See video. Possible 7 rep PR for constant tension style. 540x20 with 3/4 reps is best)
500x10 (See video.Possible PR. First time using 500 for the constant tension style I believe. Though my time with this style was limited in the past)
520x8 (See video. PR for this rom)
540x6 (See video. PR for this rom. Chest was feeling questionable, decided to leave it at this point for today. )

Didnt put in full power with the contractions, was expecting something to snap)

No rest til line

360x27
270x10
180x20-25
90x20-30
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Just going for pump from this point on

Incline Dumbbell Press (3/4 reps)

70x45
80x34
75x35

Decline Hammer Strength Press (Full reps on these mostly. Holds as well, and alot of slow reps)

180x20
270x10
180x22

Decided not to push chest and strained left shoulder much farther today. Tend not to feel the damage until later

Videos below

KILL THAT SHIT

 

[WalkingBeast]

 

[WalkingBeast]